30 YEARS OLD AND STILL NEEDS TO LEARN
The Fondation Cartier for Contemporary Art in Paris is having its 30th birthday. Though an offshoot of the deluxe jewellery brand, it lives in a splendid isolation from its parent, as no artist who collaborates with the Fondation is never allowed near Cartier's product development department. The collection is impressive as today they have over 1,300 pieces - sculptors, designers, painters, musicians….you name it. It all started in the Chateau of Jouy-en-Josas which is outside of Paris in the department called the Yvelines. I clearly remember my Mother discovering it and coming home in raptures. As the transport to get there without a car is tedious, I hope she was still driving or had someone to drive her. I had hoped to go with a very good friend who was over from Australia but difficult to believe, the foundation was closed for four days and it would happen to fall on one of the days we had planned. So today, I would walk across the Luxembourg gardens and ov